Orange Flower Poetry Award 2020 Winner
Happy to announce that I have received the Orange Flower Poetry Award 2020! I came to know of it through the Blogchatter community. A meet and greet in person lunch had helped us bond,...
Kairos On life, universes, babbages and T-Rexes
Letter to Rani of Jhansi: NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 11
Dear Jhansi ki Rani,Thank you for inspiring me in my childhoodYou were the lone female hero in my textbookIt was comforting to know you’re realNot like Sleeping BeautyA presence in the absence of women...
Santa Claus’s To Do List: NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 9
Loosen suit Shampoo beard Clean glasses Take cough syrup so that Ho ho ho! comes out loud Clean sack Weight lift so that able to lift sack Get elves to make pandemic hex dolls...
NaPoWriMo 2020
I took part in the NaPoWriMo 2020 challenge to vent about Corona. Here are my responses to the prompts. The NaPoWriMo site has many interesting resources to fire your poetic imagination – from paintings...
My Adventure in Developing A Skillshare Class
Skillshare is a website where you can take video classes on a range of subjects, mostly art and writing related. Although there are some free classes the bulk of them are available for viewing...
Selfhelp Book PDF Review: Put Your Best Foot Forward
Dr. Darshana Sarmah’s selfhelp book PDF is packed with quotes and advice from someone who has fought in the trenches of her mind with depression. In 65 pages, you’ll learn why attitude makes a...
SEO for Beginners- Book Review: SEO for Blog Traffic
The subtitle is beguiling- “Yes! Organic traffic on autopilot is a reality!”. This book by Puspanjalee Das Dutta does make it seem possible. I got stuck with keyword research because Google’s tool in AdWords...
Write, Edit, Promote: Book Review
Samarpita rightly emphasises on the basics. Like dieting, we know what we should do but often don’t, due to lack of time. Write everyday, she says. Very true, for practice makes perfect. The other...
Blogchatter Ebook Carnival- Dip Your Feet in the Water
Last year was the first time I took part in the Blogchatter Ebook Carnival. Although I’d always dreamed of publishing a book since I was a child, I never managed to progress beyond a...